UCL Draw Thread

[BlueLyon 9,359]

DP

[BloodIsBlue 291]

UEFA hates us so much.

[Sovieticus 743]

Nah they're twats.

When I went there in 2009 there fans attacked our fans on the way to a stadium and bottled a women. Maybe they haven't mastered the internet yet?

Well by these actions I guess they haven't. Still living in the good old stone age.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

This game is gonna be Chelsea against the world.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I may be one of the only ones who did not want this fixture. If I'm correct Madrid are like us in the sense that they have a rigid system where everyone has their role, a good emphasis on athelticsm and workmanship, and an emphasis of everyone having defensive duties. Just like in a magnetic force, when both of either a postive or negative force face each other both will push away from each other. That happened in both Champions league semi finals againsts Rafa's Liverpool and if my idea of Madrid are correct (although feel free to correct me as I have not watched a lot of Spanish football this season so my idea may be wrong) then the same could easily happen in the next few weeks. Atleast with Bayern or Real they will try and go on the front foot which Mourinho loves because it allows us to hit on the break. With Atletico we may be having two stalemate matches where the winner will be decided by either just one goal or on penalties.

your not the only one that didn't want them. They are like a better version of us with a much tougher/physical midfield and a keeper in better form and a striker that scores winners per game.

Mourinho in our corner is giving me hope though

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

your not the only one that didn't want them. They are like a better version of us with a much tougher/physical midfield and a keeper in better form and a striker that scores winners per game.

Mourinho in our corner is giving me hope though

If only Matic was available for these 2 matches....it would have made a massive difference to our midfield.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

If only Matic was available for these 2 matches....it would have made a massive difference to our midfield.

Exactly, we'll have had control in midfield.

This game both of us will be pressing each other non-stop, matic would have been a huge boost. I hope we put a top performance bcos they are better than us at our own pressing game unfortunately.

But if we take a score draw to the bridge, we'll go to the finals

[nofacej 132]

All this talk of ethics is tiring.

1. Activate Costa's release clause a couple of days before the first leg if they won't honour the contract they signed with us

2. Sue them for the 8 million they should have paid us after the tie is over, and use it towards paying Costa's fee; a court of law shouldn't care about UEFA's regulations in a contract dispute

3. At the end of the season recall Courtois

That's if we want to be jerks about the whole thing.

[remains of the day 564]

It’s not just their work rate and physicality, it’s also the fact that out of all the teams left they’re the one settled side. That in itself should not be taken lightly. Us, Bayern and Real Madrid all have new managers who have only been working with their respective teams for less than a year, which might explain why a very good side like Bayern have some vulnerabilities. Simeone on the other hand has been molding his team for a few seasons now so while they might not have the best individual talent, they’re very much a “well oiled” side. Most of the players are fully adapted to Simeone’s system, all the parts are ticking and any obvious weakness has been ironed out. I think that's what makes them more dangerous than the other remaining sides (especially when you also factor in their athleticism and fighting spirit).

And they're also very much a cup team as well. They might not have experience competing in the semis of the CL but they tend to do well in cup competitions.

Having said that though, we sure as hell won't roll over for them and I think we'll make it difficult for them. Should be a cracking match. So stoked for this!

[Strike 7,474]

I'm confused.

There's no Atletico fans invading the forum? Is this normal? What is this civilized aftermath?

there was this one dutch atletico fan last time and he was all nice and polite etc

[Joker10 946]

I don't see how Atletico is a easier mashup then Real. Football is not played on paper and it is not always about individual talents. If you look at Real on paper they should be on top of La liga first of all, but they come nowhere near close to Atletico in terms of mentality, Alti is a strong side mentally who will play hard and give it all obviously they get that from their manager who i rate so highly. Also Real are great bunch of individual talent but they also don't come close to Alti in terms of unity and cohesive as a team. Real loss at home against Barca perfectly displays why they will not win the league or the CL, they were obviously the better side against Barca but they bottled it with poor individual mistakes. That kinda mentality will not win you the CL with that kinda lack of composure

I am pretty certain that the CL winner will come out of this fixture.

[AswinR 96]

is it only me whoes positive of the draw?!! ... i think this was the best of the 3... whateve RM and Bayern weakness are they have a very positive advantages in attack....

watch the match against milan and AM ... we have a pretty good chance....

they do good pressing i agree.... but we havent seen them play against teams like bayern and chelsea or mancity....

players like oscar and hazard and willian do pretty good in beating markers.....that means they will have double overlapping style marking....then midfield gets thrown open...

remember our pressing against liverpool at home... they are more used to physically pressing players from spanish league!!

we are used to physical pressing!! not that we have come on top everytime but we are used to it!

ppl talk AM is our nemises in tactics.... i think its the other way .... diego simeone has over the years created a team based on his philosphy of strong pressing and yes we got owned at supercup but the team then was a few days old!! hazard had just come in so had oscar.....no drogs no terry...luiz was in defence

AND now we have mourinho.....hiw many times have you seen him get outplayed in tactics?!!.....

real madrid are an out and out attacking team ....lot of you saying we will have lots of pockets to attack but have you seen their attack!!!

bayern not that attacking and vulnerable at the back but again really good players with good momentum....

these are the kind of teams you should meet only once and with an effective gameplan overcamed.... never give them to analize and come back at us... perfect for finals

atletico are the best option.....we can really do this...just worried about luiz and willian yellow cards

and just read above AM are cup team..... what the hell are we?!! we are the best cup team in europe!!

this is our speciality...some play tika taka...some score for fun...some walk together...some keep passing the ball infront of goal....we...we win trophies